Whether they use one or not, most tiers do not understand the full potential of a rotary vise–including many of the leading fly tiers in the industry. Most tiers are still just using them to see the bottom of the flies they are tying, but their uses and advantages go far beyond this. Now with Read more about Rotary Fly Tying Techniques By: Al & Gretchen Beatty[…]

Fishing the Film still holds the greatest attraction for the fly rodder in any water type. Fish feeding at the surface film are not necessarily eating “dry flies”; they might be feeding on emergers, nymphs, minnows swimming near the surface, mice or frogs swimming in the film, and other organisms utilizing the uppermost layer of Read more about Fishing the Film By: Gary Borger[…]

Kathy Scott’s Brook Trout Forest is a simple, journal-style essay book covering a year in the life of the author, and Scott focuses on the themes of teaching, bamboo fly rod building fly fishing and nature. Her essays are shorn of the self-affected posturing cluttering so much of today’s fly fishing literature, and those who Read more about Brook Trout Forest By: Kathy Scott[…]

Hemingway on Fishing collects the bulk of the author’s angling-related writings, including other Nick Adams stories and excerpts from several novels–most notably, the memorable wine-soaked pilgrimage to Spain’s Irati River in The Sun Also Rises. However, the lesser-known newspaper and magazine articles may elicit even more interest among readers. A piece that the 21-year-old Hemingway Read more about Hemingway on Fishing: By Nick Lyons[…]